State v. Greer

April 16, 1964, the Polk County grand jury returned an indictment charging defendant with child desertion as defined in section 731.1, Code, 1962. Defendant entered a plea of not guilty. Trial to jury resulted in a verdict of guilty. Motions for new trial and judgment notwithstanding the verdict (perhaps intended as a motion in arrest of judgment, section 788.1) being overruled, defendant was sentenced to imprisonment in the state penitentiary for not to exceed one year. From the judgment rendered, defendant, appeals.

I. Defendant assigns as errors relied on for reversal: (1) overruling his…